History of the Rise of the Huguenots, Vol. 1

· 1906

_Occupying nearly four columns, appeared in the_ NEW YORK TRIBUNE _of Dec. 30th, 1879, from which the following is extracted._ "It embraces the time from the accession of Francis I. in 1515, to the death of Charles IX. in 1574, at which epoch the doctrines of the Reformation had become well-grounded in France, and the Huguenots had outgrown the feebleness of infancy and stood as a distinct and powerful body before the religious world. In preparing the learned and elaborate work, which will give the name of the author an honourable place on the distinguished list of American historians, Professor Baird has made a judicious use of the researches and discoveries which, during the last thirty y…

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